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Image Alternative Text: Two men observe three young men holding a large carp in an aquaculture tank in Bangladesh

MSU’s Lawrence Elected to Vice Chair of Council for USAID-Funded Feed the Future Innovation Labs

Fish Innovation Lab Director Mark Lawrence will serve a one-year term as vice chair of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab Council, followed by a one-year term as chair. The Council advocates for Feed the Future research programs and facilitates coordination of activities amongst the 16 Innovation Labs as part of the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative.

Image Alternative Text: Figure 4 shows equilibration and post-thaw motility of sperm of C. idella equilibrated at four different periods.

Use of Cryopreserved Sperm of Grass Carp for Seed Production at the Hatchery Level of Bangladesh

The Cryogenic Sperm Banking team has a peer-reviewed journal article in Aquaculture Research. Learn more about the team's research examining suitable conditions of sperm cryopreservation protocols and how they evaluated the effectiveness of cryopreserved sperm through breeding trials of grass carp.

Image Alternative Text: Peter Allen holds the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award and stands with MSU leadership

MSU Celebrates Research Excellence With Annual Awards

Fish Innovation Lab Aquaculture Advisor Peter Allen received the 2024 Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award, the highest honor for researchers at Mississippi State University.

Image Alternative Text: A woman in Zambia demonstrates how to dry fish. (Photo by Agness Chileya)

USAID-Funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish at MSU Launches Startup and Scaling Activities

Mississippi State University’s reach extends beyond state and U.S. borders with global impact in education and research. The Fish Innovation Lab announced a $600,000 portfolio of six new one-year activities called Startup and Scaling Activities, which will work in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia.

Image Alternative Text: U.S. Agency for International Development Chief Scientist Robert Bertram speaks during MSU's “Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish: Creating Global Solutions for Our Collective Future” celebration. (Photo by Grace Cockrell)

MSU Celebrates USAID-Funded Food Security Program and University’s Global Impact

On Thursday [Aug. 22], the U.S. Agency for International Development Chief Scientist Robert Bertram visited Mississippi State University to mark five years of successful work promoting global health and sustainability by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish—managed by the Global Center for Aquatic Health and Food Security at MSU.

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Introducing the Fish Innovation Lab Startup and Scaling Activities

Check out the Fish Innovation Lab's six, new 1-year activities. These Startup and Scaling Activities will work in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia to increase food security in Asia and Africa through nutritious aquatic foods.

Image Alternative Text: Men in Bangladesh catch carp that were raised from cryopreserved sperm in a net.

Scaling Fish Innovation Lab Approaches Brings Better Broodstocks to Bangladesh

Although the Fish Innovation Lab’s Cryogenic Sperm Banking activity ended in 2023, the research team continued to actively engage in scaling their research efforts in the local context. They are now supporting the government and private hatcheries in developing brood banks, translating their wealth of knowledge from the research activity to further increase aquaculture production in Bangladesh.

Image Alternative Text: Fig. 1 shows the trend of the market price of major carp from January 2005 to December 2021.

How Price and Non-Price Factors Influence the Market Price of Major Carp: Findings From the Dynamic ARDL Approach

The Strategies for an Inclusive Aquaculture Value Chain in Bangladesh activity has a new peer-reviewed journal article in Aquaculture. Read the abstract here and go to the full journal article to learn more about the factors impacting the market price of carp fish in Bangladesh using the dynamic ARDL model.

Image Alternative Text: Fig. 4 shows the average output dimension scores for salmon (n = 4), tilapia (n = 6), carp (n = 9), shrimp (n = 12), mollusk (n = 9), catfish (n = 4), and seaweed (n = 2).

Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Aquaculture: The Aquaculture Performance Indicators

In this peer-reviewed journal article featured in Nature, the authors—one of whom is a Fish Innovation Lab Asia Regional Coordinator, Madan Dey—identify high-performing aquaculture typologies and species and highlight opportunities to improve economic, social, and environmental performance.

Image Alternative Text: Photo of Gina Rico Mendez

MSU Faculty Member Dives Into Sustainable Aquatic Food-Based Solutions at United Nations Event

On June 18, 2024, Gina Rico Mendez, the research and learning manager for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish, represented Mississippi State University and the Fish Innovation Lab during the 24th United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea.